Man accused of sexually assaulting girl, 5

An Iowa Park man is behind bars after reportedly sexually assaulting a child being babysat at a residence in Wichita Falls.

Justin Charles Fugett, 28, is charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child. He remained in the Wichita County Jail Saturday afternoon in lieu of $75,000 bail.

According to the arrest warrant affidavit:

On Dec. 9, Wichita Falls police met with a mother of a 5-year-old girl about a possible sexual assault that occurred on Avenue G.

The mother told officers that her daughter disclosed she "had a nasty secret," meaning a man had penetrated her digitally "a couple of times," and identified him as "Justin," who was later confirmed to be Fugett.

The child was taken to Patsy's House Child Advocacy Center to be forensically interviewed.

During the interview, the girl said it happened at the "old babysitter's house." She gave a house number but didn't know the street name.

She told the interviewer she was sleep with a younger sibling in a bottom bunk bed when Fugett got on the bed "over me" and did something "nasty" to her.

The girl then gave details that a child of her age wouldn't know of the sexual act unless they'd seen or experienced it.

Detectives later met with the mother of the girl. The mother said her two children had been in the care of her babysitter on Dec. 5 from 5 p.m. until a bit after midnight.

When the mother arrived to pick up the children, she told police no one answered the door, so she walked in the unlocked front door and directly to the back bedroom where her children were asleep on a bottom bunk bed.

The mother said she noticed someone's leg hanging off the top bunk bed. She looked to see who was sleeping in the same room as her children and saw Fugett in the top bed.

Detectives went to the residence, where they spoke with the babysitter. The babysitter confirmed she took care of the children, as the mother had said.

The detectives also noticed the house number outside matched the one given by the child.

The babysitter said one number had fallen off from above the exterior of the front door, so the child's disclosure was accurate even though the address didn't match exactly.

Detectives also spoke with Fugett, who denied the allegations and agreed to take a polygraph examination. When he didn't show up, detectives offered to reschedule the appointment, but he said he was too busy.